From giraffe without spots to two-headed snakes: Unusual animal births that fascinated the world this year. The female reticulated giraffe was born on July 31 at the family-owned Brights Zoo in ...

Moments before falling onto her windshield, a giraffe pops its head into Kari Hill's car at Fossil Rim. At that point, Hill said, the previously charming situation quickly became a scary one.

Species include five capybara, lance-headed rattlesnakes, hingebacked turtles, American flamingo, greater roadrunner, plovers and two giraffe calves. "When births happen in a zoo, ...